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NYOOTR-ee-uh-nt/ˈnjuːtriənt/

A nutrient is a substance in food that a plant or animal needs to live and grow: a limiting nutrient; nutrient levels. Nutrition is the wider study or diet quality (already in the dictionary); nutritious describes food. Name the limiting nutrient in the lake study. Mix-up: nutritious / nutrition. Do not write nutrient for “a healthy meal” as a whole.

Meaning

A substance in food that plants or animals need to live and grow.

Examples

• “Name the limiting nutrient in the lake study, not a brand of cereal.”
• “Iron is a nutrient the biology paper tests for in the blood-data table.”

Good to know

a limiting / key nutrient; nutrient levels / cycle. Wider study: nutrition. Adjective: nutritious. Biology and food tech. A needed substance, not the whole diet.

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